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Foot, who had arrived declaring that he had "an open mind," pleaded for calm in which Britain, Turkey and Greece could try to unravel the tangle. He was not going to let pride stand in his way. When local officials refused to come to see him at Government House, Foot called on Nicosia's Greek Cypriot mayor in his own home. "Things are bad-very bad," said Foot. "But give me a break and I know we can find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CYPRUS: Riots & Resolution | 12/23/1957 | See Source »

...music rose by decibels. "Man," said a voice, "another note and my argyle socks unravel...

Author: By John D. Leonard, | Title: We Shall Survive | 11/19/1957 | See Source »

...never since been seen, all Italy knows what happened to it: it went to Italy's Communist Party (whose headquarters in Rome is still popularly known as Palazzo Dongo). For more than a decade, in the face of persistent Communist stonewalling, successive Italian governments have been trying to unravel the intricate series of thefts and murders by which the Reds managed to get the treasure out of the hands of the partisans to whose care it was originally entrusted. Nearly two months ago in the marbled Palace of Justice at Padua, 35 defendants finally went on trial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: The Gold of Dongo | 6/24/1957 | See Source »

Moss wrote directly to Wilson, "in the hope that a solution can be found to unravel the maze of red tape hiding a wealth of such material not only at Harvard but at other universities and in government warehouses...

Author: By Adam Clymer, | Title: Representative Asks End to Littauer Ban | 6/1/1957 | See Source »

...Professor Herbert C. Morton and Dr. James D. Calderwood of Claremont Graduate School in Claremont, Calif. The book propounds no startling new theories, is intended only as a primer on the U.S. system. It covers the economy from consumer demand to unions, uses crisp, know-it-yourself language to unravel technical gobbledygook, e.g., "multiplier principle," "countervailing power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: THE RIZE OF ECONOMIC ADVISES | 2/6/1956 | See Source »

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